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Explore Dogged through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dour or tenacious. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Dogged meaning

simple past and past participle of dog

Synonyms of Dogged

Using Dogged

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of dog
  • Useful related words include: dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding.
  • In the example corpus, dogged often appears in combinations such as: dogged by, been dogged, dogged the.

Context around Dogged

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Dogged

  • In this selection, "dogged" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, excellent, attack, restaurants and investigative stand out and add context to how "dogged" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against a dogged st leonards and by a dogged defensive effort. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dogged" sits close to words such as adhering, aggies and aidan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dogged

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Debates about staff pay have dogged restaurants for years. (9 words)

Barker is excellent: dogged but fair, utterly reasonable, on the side of Wiley’s family. (15 words)

Except that one dogged researcher – Hinton – was convinced that they held the key to machine learning. (16 words)

A key issue which has dogged the discussion over the headquarters is whether to side with Ilkeston or Long Eaton, with an historic local rivalry between the two which continues to come to the fore over housing policies and town centre improvement schemes. (43 words)

Arsenal forward Beth Mead opened the scoring in the eighth minute, finishing off a dogged attack by keeping a cool head to cut back inside Niamh Charles and fire into the roof of the net with her weaker left foot. (40 words)

Dozens of subsequent stories were pursued, thanks to a savvy and dogged investigative reporter, the Belleville News DemocratMarilyn Vise, who patiently found still-timid survivors and gently urged them to speak up and tell their stories. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

A key issue which has dogged the discussion over the headquarters is whether to side with Ilkeston or Long Eaton, with an historic local rivalry between the two which continues to come to the fore over housing policies and town centre improvement schemes.

Arsenal forward Beth Mead opened the scoring in the eighth minute, finishing off a dogged attack by keeping a cool head to cut back inside Niamh Charles and fire into the roof of the net with her weaker left foot.

Barker is excellent: dogged but fair, utterly reasonable, on the side of Wiley’s family.

Barrabool moved to equal top of the ladder with a hard-fought win against a dogged St Leonards.

Canada’s new justice minister says he plans to tell his staff and department to move “expeditiously” on addressing judicial vacancies, an issue that dogged his predecessors.

Debates about staff pay have dogged restaurants for years.

Dogged in defence for the first 45 minutes, the Blades earned the right to open up and unveil their shots in the second.

Dozens of subsequent stories were pursued, thanks to a savvy and dogged investigative reporter, the Belleville News DemocratMarilyn Vise, who patiently found still-timid survivors and gently urged them to speak up and tell their stories.

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During that run, Caldwell-Pope was a dogged defender, a hustler and a guy who could provide the Lakers with scoring bursts.

Except that one dogged researcher – Hinton – was convinced that they held the key to machine learning.

For the most part, they were frustrated by a dogged defensive effort until the 30th minute when Chinnor’s Will Blakemore was sin-binned and Ben Brownlie crossed at the back of a driving maul.

Francis has been dogged by questions during his entire 10-year papacy about why he hasn't returned home, questions that have only intensified following Milei's unexpected victory.

He developed a reputation for being dogged in his pursuit of justice, even after surviving an assassination attempt in 2001.

However, the “if” part of that sentiment swirls around Dias, who has been dogged by doubts and criticism, and even accusations by a few scientists that he has fabricated some of his data.

India is, of course, not the only country to be dogged by health data security issues.

In final campaign events, Alegre took aim at corruption charges that have dogged Colorado Party leader Horacio Cartes, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury this year.

It helped Antonio Conte’s side edge past a dogged Pompey side, who sacked manager Danny Cowley on Monday after a poor run in the third-tier League One.

It is a credit to Modi and his team’s dogged persistence that they eventually found a legal and constitutional method to do so.

Its history dates back well over a century, and it has long been dogged by reports of the grevious of people incarcerated there.

Maya’s dogged mission was evidently an enticing prospect for acting greats as Notting Hill star Julia, 56, was in talks about playing the role, until Our Girls star Michelle, 36, ultimately landed the part.

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Common combinations with dogged

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dogged" in a sentence?
An example: "A key issue which has dogged the discussion over the headquarters is whether to side with Ilkeston or Long Eaton, with an historic local rivalry between the two which continues to come to the fore over housing policies and town centre improvement schemes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dogged" from authentic English texts.
What does "dogged" mean?
Dogged means: simple past and past participle of dog
What are synonyms of "dogged"?
Common synonyms of "dogged" include: dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding, stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate.
How many example sentences with "dogged" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dogged", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.